Reason #1,001 to love William Shatner: His quote in a recent National Ledger interview when asked what he would like to see his Boston Legal Denny Crane character do in the coming season, Shat says: “I’d like to see him play Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie.” [via Drivers and Sundry]

Helen Lowe, is a novelist, poet, interviewer and blogger whose first novel, Thornspell (Knopf), was published to critical praise in 2008. Her second, The Heir of Night (The Wall Of Night Series, Book One) won the Gemmell Morningstar Award 2012. The sequel, The Gathering Of The Lost, was shortlisted for the Gemmell Legend Award in 2013 and Daughter Of Blood, Continue Reading →

Here is the table of contents for the upcoming Steampunk World, a multicultural steampunk fiction anthology, which features cover art by James Ng: Here's the project description as it appeared on Kickstarter: Steampunk is fascinating. There's something compelling about the shine of clicking brass clockwork and hiss of steam-driven automatons. But until recently, there was something missing. It was easy Continue Reading →

Interviews & Profiles Interview with Jordanna Max Brodsky, author of The Immortals At Fantasy Book Critic: Between the Interstice: On Lovecraft and Weird Fiction by Mike Robinson. News C.J. Cherryh Named SFWA Damon Knight Grand Master Strange Horizons is pleased to open submissions for a month-long celebration of queer speculative fiction from around the world, due for publication in July Continue Reading →